How to autoResizeColumns correctly about tkintertable HOT 2 CLOSED

I have the same question that I have some problems using the autoResizeColumns(). I have figured it out and rewrote corresponding code in my local files. Here is the resolution (not for everyone!).

autoResizeColumns() is called when you use self.table.show() so you don't need to call it after drawing. The bug actually comes from tkintertable.TableModels.getlongestEntry(). In this method it assumes all characters takes the same horizontal space, which is not always. If you are using Chinese characters or some other Asian language in you table, each of them takes 2 or more times of space of English characters do. I am actually using Chinese so I rewrite tkintertable.TableModels.getlongestEntry() like this

    def getlongestEntry(self, columnIndex):
        """Get the longest cell entry in the col"""

        collist = self.getColCells(columnIndex)
        maxw=5
        for c in collist:
            try:
                w = 0
                for ch in str(c):
                    if '\u4e00' <= ch <= '\u9fff': #most Chinese characters are between those in Unicode
                        w += 2 
                    else:
                        w += 1
                print(w)
            except UnicodeEncodeError:
                pass
            if w > maxw:
                maxw = w
        #print 'longest width', maxw
        return maxw

Hope this helps you. Plus, sincerely thankyou to @dmnfarrell for the wonderful module.

from tkintertable.

Thanks for the code @ACE0PERFECT. As always I recommend people subclass the Table and/or TableModel and override the methods there.

from tkintertable.